This is just off the top of the head spitballing, but what about this as a definition: A tech company is a company who could not continue their business in larg

This is just off the top of the head spitballing, but what about this as a definition: A tech company is a company who could not continue their business in largely the same fashion if computers did not exist. Is Uber a tech company? Well I personally don't see it, they just offer a dispatching service for cabs and without computers you could call in and book a ride much like people did for decades. Is Microsoft a tech company? Yes, what is an OS without computers? Is Amazon a tech company? I'll say no in one sense they are the next evolution of the Sears catalogue, but AWS, which is a huge part of their revenue, is obviously a tech company. Is WeWork a tech company? Definitely not, they compete with hundreds of other real estate management companies, and all of their work could be accomplished with phones and paper. I don't know I am sure someone can probably find some good corner cases, but my basic definition is that if a company is just using software to automate the bureaucratic processes that are required to run the company but could otherwise function without that automation I don't see them as a tech company. I think this goes to your thought that just because a company uses software for their accounting department, they aren't a tech company.